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- DOOM TCP/IP Network Driver, version 0.8
- by Jake Page
- (with the use of ipxsetup source generously supplied by id Software,
- and the WATTCP library by Erick Engelke and others)
-
- OK, I finally got it working, now I can go ahead and attempt to pass
- my finals...
-
-
- This uses a standard packet driver to access the ethernet card, so
- if you don't have one, you'll have to find one for your card.
- I am using the Crynwr driver with a 3c503, and it works fine.
-
- You must set the information in the wattcp.cfg to your particular
- setup (IP, gateway, nameserver, etc.)
-
-
-
- Parameters to pass to TCPSETUP are as follows:
-
- TCPSETUP [other game parameters] -net <node#> [host2 host3 host4]
-
-
- where <node#> is a number between 1 and 4. It determines who "calls"
- who to set up the socket connections, and will also be the player number
- in the game. host2-host4 are the other computers in the game, which
- can be specified as either a host name or an IP address. Their order
- MUST be consistent across all players in the game, from 1-4 with
- the local host excluded.
-
- Example 4 player game setup:
-
- player1> tcpsetup -net 1 player2 player3 player4
- player2> tcpsetup -net 2 player1 player3 player4
- player3> tcpsetup -net 3 player1 player2 player4
- player4> tcpsetup -net 4 player1 player2 player3
-
-
- (If you have seen the NeXT version, you might have noticed that this
- basically follows that format...)
-
- The program determines the number of players by these hosts as well as the
- node number. So, for example, if you are player 1, any hosts after the
- node number will add to the total player count. This means that you should
- NOT specify, say, "-net 4" with only two other hosts. I know, it's not the
- best way to do it, but right now I'm still concerned with the thing working
- at all...
-
- Since my parameter parsing is only semi-intelligent, it's important that
- the "-net" parameter is LAST. So if you want to set deathmode, skill,
- mission, etc, you have to put them BEFORE -net, or the setup will think
- that they are host names.
-
-
- Feel free to report any problems, suggestions, etc. (or offers to "test"
- it, of course...) to me at:
-
- snake@leland.stanford.edu
-
- Jake Page
- 3/5/94
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-